Opinion: On the Road With Chris Christie

Declarations columnist Peggy Noonan on how the New Jersey governor is sliding into a re-election victory. Photo: Getty Images

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... I ... I ... the salty sticks your principles ... or vice ... principals and I speak loudly and directly to see what the ... I also know that my job is to get things done ... people say ... every accomplishment at the majors are ... cutting taxes ... cutting spending ... improving education ... tenure were for ... kids to benefit from everything we've done has been a bipartisan health ... new Jersey Governor Chris Christie a campaign that he's up by a twenty five points heading into Tuesday's voting in in in our declarations columnist is here pay TV doesn't specify with the government this weekend ... I can say ... I think ... you noticed in him a quality we can certainly notice that among people visit us ... he is fun and he enjoys ... the game as you said that politics is a game in you don't want them to think of is given the government and the politics of it on some level it isn't half to keep in mind it's about winning and losing and cheers and boom you know and and and some level this is ... a very ... human thing ... I spent that in some time with Christie as he kicked off his seven game off color of New Jersey's leading up to the election on Tuesday ... and it just and ... he he he he he he ... he is sort of an example when a put all policy issues and policy disagreements ... but to the side and that it matters but I've had some policy disagreements with them ... but he is a lovely ... example ... of the last pleasure of politics ... he loves this he's in there we went diner after diner street corners they love him ... I'm and it is going to be very impressive next Tuesday night ... to see him presumably ... why I got ... some interesting support in traditionally and democratic on claims and groups so ... so ... you know when you are ... conservative ... or a Republican you can be feeling varied you learn right now is very anxious and worried about your country ... and is a bit of a comic can be on the trail with this guy who is I say loves the game and is playing the game successfully you out we mention that twenty five point lead us to what the ... what is the magic number where the the expectations bar where above which it out ... you have to say serious on national contender in on the game didn't wanna give you an overview you have the reminder how are you looking at ... how you going to look in Tuesday night's results this year before the twenty sixth I was actually wondering the magic number at which people like us next Wednesday morning will say I didn't do as well as we thought our will on more impressive win and we saw coming ... ALM ... that they probably have the magic number because they have their own increase the internal numbers ... but he said look all of this is so ... the expectations are set by the public polls ... he stands to do well he ... he is hoping obviously that he will have the second biggest win of a Republican and New year is the ... in New Jersey history who will continue to beat him ... Tom Kane nineteen eighty five won by sixty nine point something percent of them out ... every buy was this totally had the roughly seventy thousand of the data front in the victory yet ... so but that was another New Jersey and another era so at a key ... Apple look if if ... if if if Christie when this big assembler in state figure ... Lewis ... who wants to cut taxes you know wanna take in and is not the best burned in the unions ... I he in his policies according